Re: [Starlink] Alphabet spins off Starlink competitor Taara

[J Pan <Pan@uvic.ca>]

taara is more like a laser bridge for point-to-point, mostly
stationary nodes, on the ground?
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J Pan, UVic CSc, ECS566, 250-472-5796 (NO VM), Pan@UVic.CA, Web.UVic.CA/~pan

On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM David Lang via Starlink
<starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
>
> Daniel AJ Sokolov wrote:
>
> > On 2025-03-17 at 15:50, David Lang via Starlink wrote:
> >>
> >> but the claim that it will be far cheaper than Starlink?? that tower and
> >> a ground station that tracks the satellites in real time is going to be
> >> FAR more expensive than a dishy. Since it's going to be in motion at all
> >> times, it's got mechanical parts to wear out, and physically re-aiming a
> >> laser between connections (on both ends) is going to be a lot slower
> >> than electronic aiming of a phased array antenna.
> >
> > Could'nt you have a phased laser array?
>
> nope, the lasers are far more directional and don't interact with each other
> enough.
>
> David Lang
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